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UNCASVILLE — In a game in which offense was hard to come by down the stretch, the WNBA's second-leading all-time scorer came to the rescue.
Tamika Catchings' jumper with 6.5 seconds left in overtime lifted Indiana over Connecticut 75-73 in front of 4,868...

UNCASVILLE — There seemed little doubt that the Connecticut Sun faced a major problem before the season began. Injuries to Chiney Ogwumike, Kelsey Griffin, Allison Hightower and Danielle McCray and the retirement of Katie Douglas stripped the team of five...

Former Sun guard Renee Montgomery, the former UConn All-American, will make her return to Minnesota on Wednesday as a member of the Lynx when they host Connecticut at the Target Center in Minneapolis.
The Lynx (12-3) have won four straight. The Sun...

WASHINGTON — The euphoria of a quick start has given way to the sobering task of getting their season back on track.That's how things have changed for the Connecticut Sun since the final seconds ticked off June 26 in their overtime win over the Los...

WASHINGTON – Before the season, even during the seven-game winning streak that snapped the league to attention in June, Anne Donovan made it clear the Connecticut Sun were a work in progress.That judgment from their coach has come into sharper focus since...

The Yankees opened the second half of the season Friday with a 3.5-game lead in the AL East and the respect of rich people all over the world, perhaps even on Pluto. According to Forbes magazine, the Yankees are the second most valuable sports franchise...

NEW YORK – With the All-Star break a week away, the Connecticut Sun and New York Liberty are aligned in their desire to make the playoffs once again. In the past two years, it's been the draft lottery instead and that's something neither team wants,...

UNCASVILLE — The difference between winning the Eastern Conference and qualifying for the WNBA draft lottery can be measured by a bad week. The six teams are separated from top to bottom by just two games.It wasn't that way until recently, when the...

After finishing last overall in the WNBA in 2014, the Connecticut Sun have won seven straight for the first time since 2008 and are leading the Eastern Conference with a 7-1 record. They have managed this despite injuries, the retirement of Katie...

UNCASVILLE — The Connecticut Sun began this season with six new players. On a roster of 12, that's not quite a plurality. But it does imply a significant shift. And it certainly could have caused a problem in a league where there never seems to be...

UNCASVILLE — Practically to the quarter pole of this WNBA season, the Connecticut Sun have proven to be one of the biggest surprises so far. One of the league's four lottery teams in 2014, they lead the Eastern Conference with a 7-1 record..For the Sun,...

UNCASVILLE — These are heady days for the Connecticut Sun, a revelation thus far in the WNBA season. And the opposite could be said for the Los Angeles Sparks. In fact, you might say they've been short a few flints.Still, it didn't look that way Friday....

UNCASVILLE – Aside from the pride of being on a six-game winning streak that has propelled them to the top of Eastern Conference, the Connecticut Sun seem to be powered by a different vibe than the first two teams coached by Anne Donovan."You think...

Sure, it's only five games into the season but few could have predicted the Connecticut Sun would be 4-1.Chiney Ogwumike, the team's leading scorer last season as a rookie, was injured in the offseason and could miss the year. Before the season started...

The Connecticut Sun made coach Anne Donovan's return to Seattle a happy one, winning their fourth straight 79-58 over the Storm on Tuesday night.Donovan, in her third year as the coach of the Sun, led the Storm to their first WNBA championship in 2004...

UNCASVILLE — If Kelsey Bone were a hockey player she would be an enforcer. That seems clear. "Listen, if I was coordinated enough to skate, I would have tried my hand at hockey," Bone said. "And if it meant I would end up in the penalty...

UNCASVILLE — Every campaign, at some point, contains a keynote address. And you might have thought the WNBA's Connecticut Sun delivered theirs last Sunday in Atlanta when the team most expected to finish last in the East – the Sun – forced the one...

UNCASVILLE — At the core of the Connecticut Sun's positive start has been their dedication to defense. And while it's always been a fundamental of basketball, it isn't always the easiest thing for a pro coach to arrange."That depends on who the...

The Connecticut Sun made a franchise-record 18 steals to help them beat the Atlanta Dream 75-70 for their first win of the WNBA season Sunday at Phillips Arena in Atlanta.Jasmine Thomas led the Sun with a career-high seven steals and Alex Bentley led them...

UNCASVILLE — The news that Chiney Ogwumike will not play for the Connecticut Sun this season did not stun an organization desperate for better times. The possibility hung over them like an ax long before it became official Friday that the 2014 WNBA rookie...